Pilot Plant to Offer Faster Innovation and Growth in Performance
Tire Market
HORGEN, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Trinseo
(NYSE: TSE). The global materials company and manufacturer of plastics,
latex binders and synthetic rubber, announced today its plans for a new
S-SBR (Solution-Styrene Butadiene Rubber) pilot plant in Schkopau,
Germany for the Company’s Synthetic Rubber Business. The S-SBR pilot
plant will allow for more efficient use of Trinseo’s production
facilities and help speed up innovation in the Performance Tires market.
The pilot plant will begin operation in Q4 2017.
Trinseo’s new S-SBR pilot plant will quicken the development process
from lab sample to commercialization. The pilot plant will also deliver
sufficient quantities of new S-SBR formulations required for real-life
tire testing. This speedy evaluation of both process and product
parameters meets customer needs for reducing product validation time. As
a result, the faster testing process accelerates the time to market for
new performance tire innovations.
“The pilot plant demonstrates our long-standing commitment to and
collaboration with our customers and is consistent with Trinseo’s
strategy to grow our Performance Materials businesses,” said Hayati
Yarkadas, Senior Vice President and Business President, Performance
Materials.
“This strategic investment will allow us to be more agile and flexible
than ever before in our ability to turn around S-SBR product testing,”
said Samer Al Jabi, Global Business Director for Synthetic Rubber. “The
pilot plant will be a valuable technology capability, enabling us to
bring S-SBR materials to our customers more efficiently and help
performance tire makers meet new market trends.”
About Trinseo
Trinseo (NYSE: TSE) is a global materials solutions provider and
manufacturer of plastics, latex binders, and synthetic rubber. We are
focused on delivering innovative and sustainable solution to help our
customers create products that touch lives every day — products that are
intrinsic to how we live our lives — across a wide range of end-markets,
including automotive, consumer electronics, appliances, medical devices,
lighting, electrical, carpet, paper and board, building and
construction, and tires. Trinseo had approximately $4.0 billion in
revenue in 2015, with 18 manufacturing sites around the world, and more
than 2,200 employees. For more information visit www.trinseo.com.
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